BRU Summer 2013 - Latest News: routes, airlines

[eurojet]

Nothing to do in Tbilisi and Georgia? I go there for business many times a year, great place, lovely people and food, great wines, country with booming economy, earning good money with energy transit thanks to Azerbaijan close, monumental nature, birthplace of christianism as we know it ... I can continue for hours, it is my favorite place in the ex Soviet Union. Very good value for money, easy to enter and very European. Want something different, go now, already for the kindest people I know. Go Georgia !!!!!

[sn26567]

FlyGeorgia from 06MAY13 is starting new service to Belgium, offering 2 weekly Tbilisi – Brussels service, on board Airbus A319 aircraft. Reservation for this route is now available.

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9Y303 TBS0705 – 0945BRU 319 1
9Y303 TBS1415 – 1655BRU 319 5

9Y304 BRU1045 – 1705  TBS 319 1
9Y304 BRU1755 – 0015+1TBS 319 5

Source: Airline Route

[convair]

Is SN having second thoughts about Athens? An A319 is currently enroute to ATH as SN3245, not a charter number (flightradar24).

[RoMax]

Is SN having second thoughts about Athens? An A319 is currently enroute to ATH as SN3245, not a charter number (flightradar24).

It's April. Somewhere on this forum it was mentioned before they operate some flights to ATH this month. Like they operated KRK during the winter holiday I believe.

[convair]

Thanks RoMax.

[sn26567]

THAI’s “TG” code is now appearing on following brussels airlines’ service from 08APR13:

THAI operated by brussels airlines TG6500 – 6519 Series
Brussels – Barcelona
Brussels – Bilbao
Brussels – Malaga
Brussels – Manchester
Brussels – New York JFK

THAI has also started codesharing on brussels airlines' service to Birmingham.

Source: Airline Route

[VEX802]

Don't know if this is already mentioned, but starting from 21 june Pegasus will connect Brussels with the Turkish city Kütahya (Zafer Aiport; LTBZ). As far as I can see on the Pegasus-website, flights will be operated 2 times weekly (Monday and Thursday).

[sn26567]

UNITED Summer 2013 European Operation Changes as of 06MAY13

As per 06MAY13 GDS timetable and inventory display, UNITED further revised planned European operation, between July and October 2013 (Changes in effect from June 2013 is excluded). Latest adjustment as follow.

Newark – Brussels CO 767-400ER continues operation during the month of August 2013. Previously UA planned to operate 3-class 777-200ER from 04AUG13 to 26AUG13 (However, 27AUG13 service from EWR only, operates with UA 777-200ER as UA968)

Washington Dulles – Brussels CO 767-400ER replaces UA 3-class 777-200ER on: 30MAR13 – 05JUN13 (previously reported), and also on 27AUG13*, 25SEP13 – 02NOV13
*On 27AUG13 from IAD only, service operates as UA148

Source: Airline Route

[sn26567]

FlyGeorgia BRU service begins from 06MAY13, reservation is now available.

FlyGeorgia Postpones Brussels Service Launch till June 2013

Per airline website’s booking engine, FlyGeorgia has delayed planned Tbilisi – Brussels service launch. The airline is now scheduling to start twice weekly service from 03JUN13, instead of 06MAY13.

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9Y303 TBS0705 – 0945BRU 319 1
9Y303 TBS1415 – 1655BRU 319 5

9Y304 BRU1045 – 1705  TBS 319 1
9Y304 BRU1755 – 0015+1TBS 319 5

Source: Airline Route

[RoMax]

A new East-European airline plans to start operating around the first of July to Amsterderdam, Berlin and Brussels. Air Lituanica will serve these destinations out of Vilnius with two leased E-jets (E170 and E175) and is supposed to focus on business traffic. The airline is funded by both government and private investments.

Moscow, Prague and Munich are next on the wish list.

http://www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl/nl-NL/Ar ... _Amsterdam

[cathay belgium]

Focus on business, on the presentation half year ago they said they will adapt a low cost model,
low cost with two planes and buss. pax. in concurrence with sn a319 ?
Good luck and goodbye
CXB

[RoMax]

Focus on business, on the presentation half year ago they said they will adapt a low cost model,
low cost with two planes and buss. pax. in concurrence with sn a319 ?

Back in 2012 they presented themself as a carrier that would adopt a hybrid product (looking at some documents of them) with A319's and a bigger network as they present now. Apparently the changed the business model.

But I don't see them succeeding anyway...I can't think of many successfull East-European airlines, and there are reasons for it...

[VEX802]

Apparently Finnair will use its airbus A340-300 on one of its daily flights every Thursday from 06JUN to 24OCT.

Added: availability copy from Galileo:

NEUTRAL DISPLAY* TH 06JUN BRU/HEL
1 BRU HEL 0740 1105 @AY2816 J7 C5 D4 I4 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 P9#E70C*E
2 BRU HEL 1140 1515 AY 812 J9 C9 D9 I9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 P9#340C*E
3 BRU HEL 1755 2120 @AY2814 J6 C6 D6 I6 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 P3#E90C*E
4 BRU HEL 1920 2245 AY 818 J9 C9 D9 I8 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 P9#319C*E

(Source: airliners.net)

[RoMax]

in concurrence with sn a319 ?

Air Lituanica says they will cooperate with Brussels Airlines, KLM, Air Berlin and CSA for onward connections (no full codeshares I assume, but interlining).
BRU will be served as their first destination, starting the last day of June operating the route 6 weekly (in addition to the 6 weekly flights operated by SN). They say the first route will be operated in the evening, with no flights on Saterday.

AMS will start as from July 8th, operated as a morning flight.

http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/37847/a ... 201337847/

[BRU]

Apparently Finnair will use its airbus A340-300 on one of its daily flights every Thursday from 06JUN to 24OCT.

Added: availability copy from Galileo:

NEUTRAL DISPLAY* TH 06JUN BRU/HEL
1 BRU HEL 0740 1105 @AY2816 J7 C5 D4 I4 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 P9#E70C*E
2 BRU HEL 1140 1515 AY 812 J9 C9 D9 I9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 P9#340C*E
3 BRU HEL 1755 2120 @AY2814 J6 C6 D6 I6 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 P3#E90C*E
4 BRU HEL 1920 2245 AY 818 J9 C9 D9 I8 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 P9#319C*E

(Source: airliners.net)

Cargo flight are doing very well but they need more capacity during week too as customers would like to have more capacity already. As no additional freighter possible yet, they will bring the A340 to BRU as a temporay solution.

[sn26567]

Finnair from 01JUN13 is to operate Airbus A340-300 aircraft on Helsinki – Brussels route, where the long-haul aircraft is assigned for AY811/812 morning service, on Thursdays.

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AY811 HEL0735 – 0915BRU 340 4
AY812 BRU1140 – 1515HEL 340 4

Last-minute aircraft change to other fleet type remains possible.

Source: Airline Route

[veldmuis]

By the way (re: Finnair A340 to BRU), on days when this would be with their OH-LQD, then this would offer some nice "Marimekko" spotting moments in Steenokkerzeel !

[Airbus A330]

By the way (re: Finnair A340 to BRU), on days when this would be with their OH-LQD, then this would offer some nice "Marimekko" spotting moments in Steenokkerzeel !

And OH-LQE "oneworld"!

[EBKT]

I don't know if this was mentioned already but Belavia hopes to open a direct link Brussels - Minsk
O&D is 5000 yearly pax, mostly all of them travelling through Warshaw with LOT

source: routesonline
http://www.routesonline.com/news/29/bre ... the-hub-EU

[Boeing767copilot]

Air Lituanica will debut June 30 with an initial service between Vilnius and Brussels. This will be joined by flights to Amsterdam, Berlin, Prague, Munich and Moscow within its first year of operation.

http://atwonline.com/finance-amp-data/s ... une-launch